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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Figueiredo DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5135394 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20161116
In flowering plants, seed development is initiated by the fusion of the maternal egg and central cells with two paternal sperm cells, leading to the formation of embryo and endosperm, respectively. The fertilization products are surrounded by the maternally derived seed coat, whose development prior to fertilization is blocked by epigenetic regulators belonging to the Polycomb Group (PcG) protein family. Here we show that fertilization of the central cell results in the production of auxin and m ...[more]